Just getting back to this. Personally, I am more than satisfied with what the show is doing in regards to representing D/deafness. I'm not saying creating some sort of blog to provide feedback and critiques for the show is a bad idea, but I don't feel motivated enough to do it myself, and it's certainly not something I would do for free. That sort of critiquing is invaluable for a writing team, and since this is a for-profit television show, I hardly feel like I should donate my time. They're already getting tons of good ideas from this bulletin board. I am positive of that.
You can make good money from blogging, especially if you have a good niche.
I'm too ADD to be able to stick to a niche, but I make enough money to pay rent on a small apartment in a low rent district. Unfortunately, I don't live in a small apartment.
Still, it helped us pay off our van several years early.
Even if there's no advertisements, a blogger can make decent spending money from affiliate links at Amazon. I mean, it's not huge, but it is helpful, and if you're big enough, it can be huge.
I just think there might be enough general interest in a well written blog by somebody
in the deaf community to make it worth somebody's while to take the idea and run with it and write - not just about the show, but about Deaf/deaf/HOH issues, with the show making a great tie-in.
I'd do it, and I may run out a few posts anyway, but it doesn't really feel right, you know? I'd rather say what I want to say and link to somebody with more authenticity saying more. If it's just me, it'd be like a white person writing about what it's like to be black.
About the water pump -- Wow! For serveral reasons --